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Sim Group Expands Services into East Coast

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 11:08 -- Nick Dager

The Sim Group, a leading supplier of production and post-production equipment and services to the feature and television industry, announces the expansion of its services into New York to provide dailies and off-line, and finishing. The Brooklyn facility, which currently houses a DaVinci Resolve color bay, Avid edit bays and Colorfront dailies solutions, has already provided work on shows including Mr. Robot, Forever, American Odyssey, Season 3 of The Following and several pilots.

Bending the Light Released on Vimeo

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 11:03 -- Nick Dager

Vimeo and Canon are partnering to release the feature-length documentary Bending the Light, directed by veteran filmmaker Michael Apted (the Up Series, Gorillas in the Mist, The World is Not Enough). Bending the Light, a celebration of the craft of visual imaging, explores the relationship between the artisans who create camera lenses and the professionals who depend on their lenses to capture their creative visions.

Indie Filmmakers Take AJA Cion on Test Run

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:23 -- Nick Dager

Upcoming indie feature The Great American Movie Hustle follows filmmaker Michael Anton and actor Michael Monsour as they attempt to create an epic cinematic film about making an epic cinematic film. Along the way, the duo encounters several twists and turns that mirror common production challenges filmmakers face today. Produced by Wonder Lab Films and directed by Anton, the parody is presented in a mockumentary format rife with old-school humor.

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Modern VideoFilm Completes Western Thriller Broken Horses

Wed, 04/29/2015 - 13:22 -- Nick Dager

In a project spanning many months and two continents, Modern VideoFilm provided final post-production services for Broken Horses, the new Western thriller from Indian producer/director Vidhu Vinod Chopra in his Hollywood debut. The Burbank-based facility provided editorial conforming, color grading, visual effects production and integration, DCP mastering and deliverables for the film, which makes its U.S. theatrical premiere this month from Reliance Entertainment.

KEO Films Accelerates Remote Workflow with Forscene

Wed, 04/29/2015 - 13:12 -- Nick Dager

KEO Films incorporated Forscene into the remote production workflow for Bangkok Airport, its latest nonfiction project for the BBC. The filmmakers say Forscene not only served as a remote-viewing and second edit system, but also provided an efficient method of logging and translation. The resulting workflow let producers and editors in London and Glasgow, Scotland, review and edit content without delay, and at the same time collaborate with the camera crews in Thailand on the ongoing shoot.

Animated Dolby Film Silent Wins Two Emmys

Tue, 04/28/2015 - 12:11 -- Nick Dager

Dolby’s short animated film Silent won two Daytime Emmy Awards at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Daytime Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, held last Friday in Los Angeles, California. Created in conjunction with Moonbot Studios and CAA Marketing, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency, Silent represents the evolution of film technology from the silent-film era to the present day. The three-minute film celebrates how storytellers, inventors, and technology work together to create magic in the cinema.

A New Day for The Twilight Theatre

Tue, 04/28/2015 - 12:06 -- Nick Dager

A Kansas town devastated by a major tornado in 2007 has rebuilt its historic theatre, lighting up its giant screen with a digital cinema projector donated by Christie. The projector illuminates the 58-foot-wide screen of the Twilight Theatre and Community Auditorium in Greensburg, Kansas, which is part of Kiowa County – about 100 miles west of Wichita. The theatre celebrated its grand reopening the weekend of April 24 with a red carpet-style opening night, featuring live music and a free screening of the 1985 hit movie, Back to the Future. The celebration continued over the weekend with family friendly activities and movies.

SMPTE and HPA Issue Call for Entries for Student Film Festival

Sat, 04/18/2015 - 19:43 -- Nick Dager

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Hollywood Professional Alliance have issued a call for entries for the SMPTE-HPA Student Film Festival. The film festival will be held during the SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, October 26-29 in Hollywood, California.

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